Jeep reported stolen from Rockaway Townsquare Mall

The Andover man who parked the Jeep said he parked it at 12:30
p.m. and returned 20 minutes later to discover the vehicle was
gone. He said his driver's license, vehicle registration, insurance
card, golf clubs and two pairs of golf shoes were in the car.

In other news, money doesn't grow on trees, but it was blowing
in the breeze after a man accidentally left a bank envelope
containing money and his driver's license on the roof of his
vehicle and drove off at 3 p.m. on Friday, June 15.

A Dover woman who saw the incident gathered up $473 and the
envelope and called police. The man was a Rockaway resident and he
was called by police. He then drove to headquarters to retrieve the
money and driver's license.

An officer on patrol at the mall at 4:37 p.m. on Friday, June
15, reportedly noticed a woman had what appeared to be a bag
specially rigged for shoplifting in her hand as she walked into the
mall. He approached the woman and noticed the bag was indeed a
"booster bag" and was empty.

The suspect, Fausta Reina Castillo, 42, of Elizabeth was then
arrested and charged with possession of a shoplifting device,
police said.

Police were called to the Eckerd Drug store in the outer mall
convenience center at 9:51 a.m. on Sunday, June 10, by pharmacy
workers who reported a false prescription was called in and the
person was now in the store to pick it up.

Officers approached the suspect, Margaret L. Shaljian, 44, of
Morris Plains, who reportedly admitted the painkiller prescription
was false and that she had called it in to the pharmacist. She was
arrested and charged with obtaining prescription drugs by
fraud.

At 6:39 p.m. on Wednesday, June 13, police were called by a
woman who said a bag of merchandise she purchased at Macy's was
stolen when she put it on the floor at a cash register to pay for
another purchase. The woman said she had about $100 worth of
clothing in it.

Officers were called to a mall parking lot at 7:09 p.m. on
Tuesday, June 12, after a woman reported a sick dog was in a
vehicle in the lot. The woman said she saw the dog when she arrived
at the mall at 4:30 p.m. and it was still there. She had called
mall security and they had waited by the car another hour before
deciding to call police.

The animal control officer was called to the scene by police.
The dog's owner, Sarah G. DeLeone, 18, of Sparta, arrived back at
the car around 7:15 p.m.

She told police the matter was none of their business and became
abusive, according to the report. She was informed a complaint for
endangering the welfare of an animal would be issued and mailed to
her.

At 9:30 p.m. on Friday, June 15, police were called to the mall
by a man who said his 1994 box van had been broken into and a Honda
generator worth $1,800 was stolen. He said he parked at 9 a.m. and
returned that evening to discover the padlock on the back of the
truck was gone.

Dresses worth $637 were reported stolen from American Eagle at
5:03 p.m. on Friday, June 15.

Police took a report at headquarters at 6:38 p.m. on Wednesday,
June 20, from a woman who said her cell phone worth $299, was
stolen from her 1993 Ford while she was shopping at the mall on
Monday, June 18. The woman said she left a window partially open
due to the heat when she parked at 9:45 a.m. When she returned 15
minutes later, the phone was gone.

The owner of a 1991 Mazda called police at 6:15 p.m. on Friday,
June 15, to report someone had broken into her car and stolen a
radio/compact disk player worth $300.

Lord & Taylor personnel signed shoplifting complaints
against Martha Isabel Meza Lopez, 18, of Morristown, and Martha
Lopez, 39, of Morristown, after they allegedly tried to leave the
store with $264.50 worth of merchandise by concealing it in
shopping bags.

A woman reported her handbag was stolen after she accidentally
left it on the bathroom floor at McDonalds at the mall around 2:30
p.m. on Wednesday, June 20.

Two wallets reported stolen from the mall some time ago were
found in the woods behind Causon & Gebel Company on Troast Road
by a man who was cutting the grass for the business at 12:33 p.m.
on Friday, June 15, police said.

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